Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Crime|News

California fire agency employee arrested on suspicion of starting 5 blazes

A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee has been arrested on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks

Crime|News

A man in California was charged with killing 81 animals in a three-hour shooting rampage

A man suspected of going on a three-hour shooting rampage in Northern California and killing 81 animals, including miniature horses, goats and chickens, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty and other charges

A man in California was charged with killing 81 animals in a three-hour shooting rampage
Crime|Sports

Teen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie says he is very sorry

A 17-year-old high school senior charged with attempted murder in the daytime shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall made his first appearance in juvenile court

Teen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie says he is very sorry
Americas|Crime|News|Sports

Shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie renews attention on crime in city as mayor seeks reelection

The broad daylight shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall during an attempted robbery in an upscale shopping district has once again put San Francisco’s safety in the national spotlight weeks before voters choose a new mayor

Shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie renews attention on crime in city as mayor seeks reelection
News|Opinion

Mother of 3-year-old found dead at recycling center feared ex-husband would harm daughter

The mother of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a San Francisco Bay Area recycling center over the weekend says she feared for her daughter’s well-being whenever the child was with her ex-husband, who authorities say died by suicide and is suspected in the child's death

Mother of 3-year-old found dead at recycling center feared ex-husband would harm daughter
News

Paul Pelosi testifies about being attacked with a hammer at his San Francisco home

Paul Pelosi has recounted publicly for the first time what happened on the night he was attacked by a man with a hammer in the San Francisco home he shares with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Paul Pelosi testifies about being attacked with a hammer at his San Francisco home
News|Political

Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband also found guilty of kidnapping and faces life in prison

A man who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer and was sentenced to 30 years in federal court has also been convicted of aggravated kidnapping by a state court, a conviction that mandates life behind bars

Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband also found guilty of kidnapping and faces life in prison
Business|Education|News

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike

Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers in the California State University system have reached a tentative contract agreement and will end their planned strike against the nation's largest public university system

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike
Economy|News|Political|Technology

Snapchat Inc. to pay $15 million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in California

Snapchat Inc. will pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s civil rights agency

Snapchat Inc. to pay $15 million to settle discrimination and harassment lawsuit in California
Education|Environment

Court ruling will allow student housing at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park, a counterculture landmark

A California Supreme Court ruling will allow the University of California to build new student housing at Berkeley’s historic People’s Park

Court ruling will allow student housing at UC Berkeley’s People’s Park, a counterculture landmark
News|Political

Judge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi

A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week

Judge cites error, will reopen sentencing hearing for man who attacked Paul Pelosi
News|Political

Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer

A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for attacking the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer

Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer
Business|News

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule

Temporary farmworkers workers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule
Economy|Environment|News

Rescuers search off Northern California coast for young gray whale entangled in gill net

Rescuers on Wednesday were searching for a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net last spotted off Northern California’s coast

Rescuers search off Northern California coast for young gray whale entangled in gill net
News

Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines

A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco has made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week

Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines
Entertainment|Health|News

San Francisco wants to offer free drug recovery books at its public libraries

The most stolen books from San Francisco public libraries' shelves are those about recovering from addiction

San Francisco wants to offer free drug recovery books at its public libraries
Environment|News|Science

Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say

Researchers say the number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was

Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say
Education|News|Political

University of California board delays vote over hiring immigrant students without legal status

The University of California’s governing board has postponed for a year a vote on a plan to allow immigrant students who lack legal status to apply for university jobs

University of California board delays vote over hiring immigrant students without legal status
Business|Health|News

It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge

Suicide-prevention barriers at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge have been completed more than a decade after officials greenlighted a project to install stainless-steel mesh nets on both sides of the 1.7-mile bridge

It took decades, but San Francisco finally installs nets to stop suicides off Golden Gate Bridge
News|World

San Francisco prosecutors begin charging 80 protesters who blocked bridge while demanding cease-fire

San Francisco prosecutors have begun charging 80 protesters who last month snarled traffic for hours on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demanding a cease-fire in Gaza

San Francisco prosecutors begin charging 80 protesters who blocked bridge while demanding cease-fire
News|Political

Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges

A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer of federal charges

Man who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges
News

Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband

A lawyer for the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband has asked jurors to consider that he was acting because of his political beliefs

Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband
News|Political

The man accused of attacking Pelosi's husband apologizes for hammer assault

The man accused of attacking former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer has apologized

The man accused of attacking Pelosi's husband apologizes for hammer assault
News|Political

The man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband was caught up in conspiracies, defense says

The trial has begun for the man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home, bludgeoning her husband with a hammer and seeking to kidnap her

The man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband was caught up in conspiracies, defense says

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